Single Winner Electoral Systems

Poll finds only a third of Hongkongers understand they can vote for 'super seats'

15 Aug 2012

Only a third of Hongkongers realise they have a vote in the new "super seats" in next month's Legislative Council election, a survey has found.

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Only for show

28 Nov 2011

During election season, it's easy to get tunnel vision. When chief executive candidates announce that they will soon announce what everyone has known for months, and that becomes 'news', we know...

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Candidates harassed as voters go to polls

9 Nov 2011

Beijing's district and county people's congress elections took place yesterday, with estimates of about nine million people casting votes, amid allegations of harassment of 'independent candidates...

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It takes two

26 Sep 2011

What do you call those who say only one Beijing-friendly candidate should run in next year's chief executive selection to avoid a contest among loyalists? Shoeshiners? Lapdogs? I have a word that...

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Expenses ceiling of HK$6m challenged

1 Nov 2010

Who can afford election expenses of HK$6 million, the price of some flats, to run for a Legco seat?

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Olympics steal show from poll's independent candidates

23 Aug 2008

Independent candidates with neither the support of political parties nor the renown of incumbent lawmakers say they have struggled to attract significant media coverage because of the Olympics....

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Geographical seats not the only model for one man, one vote

I refer to Michael Jenkins' letter ('Why Hong Kong needs a system based on one man, one vote', April 17).

If Mr Jenkins had read my letter more carefully ('Democrats must ask...

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Poll is unlikely to end tension

Election observers are bracing for a tense postscript to today's voting in Nepal - with the tricky logistics of the polls further complicating affairs.

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Vote-buying rife on eve of poll despite crackdown

Allegations of vote-buying are flying across Taiwan in the final countdown to tomorrow's legislative election.

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Several candidates boast doctorates

While many might have the impression that most district councillors are either local leaders or second-tier politicians often called to sort out burst pipes, this year's election has attracted at...

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Your ballot

Did you have an interesting, unfortunate or otherwise edifying experience while voting in the Legislative Council election yesterday? And what are your thoughts on the outcome? Share your views:...

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Voting systems

Geographical constituencies

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